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This is the shocking moment a gang of bullies torched a schoolgirl's GCSE coursework - before sending her a video of the heartless prank.

Teenager Rhiannon Blair was heartbroken after the callous youths poured lighter fuel over her precious notes and set them ablaze - destroying years of hard work in a few seconds of mindless vandalism .

The 15-year-old had not realised the work was missing until the gang sent her the video, in which they can be heard giggling as they carry out their destructive attack.

The video shows pupils, from the same secondary school as Rhiannon, laughing and joking as they pour lighter fluid over the pile of papers on a picnic bench and even spray it with deodorant to fan the flames.

The mixture eventually caused the pile to explode, before a pupil decides to climb onto the bench and trample all over the cindered books.

Police are investigating the incident after the footage was posted online, but confirmed there had been no arrests so far.

Cruel: Rhiannon Blair (second from right) was left in tears after bullies stole her GCSE coursework and burned it (Photo: INS)

Tearful Rhiannon told how she burst into tears after being sent the cruel video and now has fears over her future job prospects with her place on a college course in September now in jeopardy.

She said: "I was shocked and disgusted when I was sent the video by one of the pupils involved. None of them seems to be sorry for what they have done or show any regret.

"I am just very upset and tearful that all my hard work has gone to waste.

"I have always wanted to work with children and it is what I had set my heart on doing for the rest of my life. I am not even sure if I can get a place on my course at the college anymore. I can't understand why anyone would do this."

The bright teenager, who dreams of a career as a nursery nurse, is a student at Easthampstead Park Community School in Bracknell, Berkshire, and was just two weeks away from submitting the coursework.

She said she had been the victim of bullying since last September and had suffered from anxiety and depression as a result.

Her mum, Debbie Groom, said: "I am so angry. These pupils have ruined my daughter's life. I would be mortified if that was my child carrying out that sort of behaviour.

"This incident is going to scar Rhiannon for life. She has been very stressed and upset but the reaction to the video being posted online has been amazing - it just shows that people do not like bullies."

Rhiannon's sister, Katie, also slammed the bullies as "vile" and "worthless".

Another pupil, 15-year-old Kayleigh Holloway from Hanworth, also had her child development coursework destroyed in the pile.

Her uncle Neil Holloway, who is also her guardian, said: "I am disgusted by what has happened. I don't think the three days suspension given to the children involved was not enough punishment.

"They have all probably seen it as a nice holiday. Even though the school has said her grades won't be affected that is not the answer or what we want to hear.

"Kayleigh was very upset when she found out - she has got enough going on in her life without all of this."

Headteacher Liz Cook said letters had been sent out to everybody involved in the incident and that none of the pupils' grades would be affected as the exams board had measures in place to protect results in such circumstances.

She said: "The school has investigated the incident at length and its origins were a falling out between girls, property was taken as a spiteful act designed to disrupt the victim's lesson the following day. On leaving school, discussions between students took the original act further in an act of bravado.

"On reflection students have realised this act was a huge error of judgement on their part and have been shocked that their act has attracted a social media storm. This has been a steep learning curve for them all.

"The victims of the theft are also being supported as we make every effort to make sure their hard work and studies are not compromised.

"I hope for our students' sake that we will be able to put this incident behind us and the focus will move on to the very many students I have in school whose talents and abilities deserve to be recognised for the good they do."